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The Pinktails Under 18 Academy will play the V Swans Under 18 team from Western Australia in a two-game series in Alice Springs beginning this week.

The NT WorkSafe BRFL Grand Final day is on Saturday 15 September at Nitmiluk Oval and this year marks the first time the women will be battling it out for their own premiership cup.

AFLNT has signed an agreement with the NO MORE Campaign and Catholic Care to be an AFLNT official charity partner and join forces to stamp out violence in the Northern Territory.

Tiwi Islands new 1.5 million-dollar changeroom facilities at Wurrumiyanga Oval will be used for the first time this weekend by local and visiting football players who are participating in the three-day 2018 Tiwi Islands Lightning Carnival.

Over the next couple of years, we will be transitioning the Thunder Juniors program across to an Under 10s Mixed & Under 13 Girls ‘NTFL Juniors’ competition. As the first step in our transition we will be running an 8-week mini season from October - December 2018.

230 primary school students will converge on TIO Stadium on Tuesday 11 September for the biggest Cracka Cup event in AFL Northern Territory (AFLNT) history.

Katherine football players will soon embark on a long 12-hour drive to Gove to reignite representative football for both regions.

It’s never been easier to Show Your True Colours and to jam-pack your wet season weekends with exciting NTFL footy action while giving something back to your club.

Local leader and Tiwi woman, Rosanna De Santis has been appointed as the Manager of Community Football and will begin in the role on Monday 1 October.

An experienced football administrator who oversaw a hat-trick of WAFL premierships has been appointed as AFL Northern Territory’s (AFLNT) new Umpiring Manager.

Young Territory prospect, Malcolm Rosas has been selected to play in the NAB All Stars Under 17 Futures Game on the MCG as a curtain raiser to the 2018 Toyota AFL Grand Final.

Eight of the Territory’s most talented footy youngsters have been recognised for their performances and awarded respectively, at the 2018 NT Thunder Club Champions presentation night.

On Saturday 1 September if you’re in Alice Springs, Gove or Groote Eylandt be amongst the grand final action and come down to the game or follow their respective social media channels and stay involved that way.

AFLNT can advise the investigation into the Men’s Round 4 NT Worksafe BRFL game between Kalano Bombers and Katherine Camels at Nitmiluk Oval on Friday 18 May 2018 is now complete.

The Women's Premier League, Men's Division 1 and Men's Division 2 fixtures for the upcoming NTFL season are now out!

The battle for the CAWFL Premiership will also be hotly contested, and I can’t wait to see what unfolds in the Country League and Community Cups.

Palmerston’s Janet Baird and ThunderW’s Renee Forth will feature in the NAB AFLW Under-18 Exhibition Match which will be played tomorrow Friday, August 31, at Adelaide Oval.

For the first time in 11 years the TIO Minahan Medal has been awarded to two players. Toshie Kunoth and Daniel Stafford in the Central Australian Football League.

Congratulations to Jamie Barry of Nightcliff Football Club and NT Thunder Football Club who has won a trip of a lifetime to this year’s Toyota AFL Grand Final for himself and a friend after being named 2018 Northern Territory Volunteer of the Year.

Last TIO NTFL season a minimum of 260 umpires were required each weekend to cover the scheduled 51 games. However, as the league continues to expand with the inclusion of the Mixed Under 10s and Girls Under 13 competitions the number of umpires required will be closer to 300 for each week of the 2018/19 TIO NTFL season.